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TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

“We’ve reached DEFCON fuck”

Clinical Psychologist. Academic Maleficent. Former NIH-funded Associate Professor at a fancy Midwest university. Now I spend most of my time in the non-profit space.

Analog childhood, digital adulthood. Navigating the great enshittification. Lots of swearing and gallows humor.

Part of the great November 2022 Twitter migration.

Posts auto-delete at 2 weeks.

cubs bears

Under his eye. She/Her.
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TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

Even in the rain this place is fucking magnificent.

Looking out over a fjord from high up the mountainside a boat carves a white line through the teal-blue water. It’s cloudy but the sun has found an opening to shine brightly down onto the mountain in the distance, right into a small valley between 2 peaks. The light is also reflected below on the surface of the water where it meets the mountain. There’s rain falling in the far distance on the left side of the picture, obscuring more peaks in a grey mist. No alt text will do Norway justice, but I’m trying.
TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

Couldn’t help myself with this one

Screenshot of text spammer; Today 3:22 PM Spammer: Hello. I'm Grace, a sales consultant at Tesla. We are recruiting part-time online staff. Me: I'm a clinical psychologist but I mean Elon certainly needs his head fucking examined
TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

Best description of my introversion

I used to think I was introverted because I really liked being alone, but it turns out that I just like being at peace, and I am very extroverted around people who bring me peace.
TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

Based on my experiences in academic medicine, this is painfully true

#academia #research

Comic depicting a male scientist in a white lab coat looking at a woman behind a computer at a large desk says: IT'S ALL VERY WELL “MAKING DISCOVERIES, - “SAVING LIVES" AND “IMPROVING THE WORLD," ROGER. BUT YOUR RESEARCH IS MAKING BARELY ANY IMPACT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

2-3 inches per hour. Shit’s flooded.

TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

Ya know, 1.5 hours straight monsoon rain is totally normal for the Chicago area. Everything’s fine.

TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

What do the IG influencers recommend I wear for this season's deployment of the national guard in Chicago? I wanna make sure I look my best.

TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

Doing my required HIPAA annual training which is funny because there’s not going to be medical privacy any more but sure I’ll watch this video

TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

Historical story time!

I watched a video on YT referencing Dr. Phil and the question was asked if he lost his license to practice as a clinical psychologist. In the comments section, people were saying he stopped renewing his license in 2006 because he had his stupid show and I was confused because I know he was sanctioned for unethical behavior in Texas. I know this because we learned about it in an ethics class in grad school on, you know, what not to do.

Dr. Phil had a dual relationship with a patient, a big fuckin’ no-no, including giving her a job in his office. He was sanctioned by the Texas professional licensing board in 1988 for this and his case was closed in 1990. That same year he co-founded Courtroom Sciences, Inc., and advised lawyers about shit like jury selection and prepping witnesses for trial. So he basically stopped being a treating clinician in 1989/1990, likely because of his sanctions. I’d guess his reputation was ruined and referrals got real slow.

Oprah met him through the Texas beef lawsuit and the rest is history. While he maintained his license until 2006, he was essentially done as a practicing clinician after he was sanctioned.

Strangely, his Wikipedia page has been scrubbed of this information.

Sanction documents here:

https://www.scribd.com/document/318570481/Dr-Phil-s-Texas-Disciplinary-File-Full-version-produced-to-LawNewz

TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

Also, fuck Oprah

TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

Historical story time!

I watched a video on YT referencing Dr. Phil and the question was asked if he lost his license to practice as a clinical psychologist. In the comments section, people were saying he stopped renewing his license in 2006 because he had his stupid show and I was confused because I know he was sanctioned for unethical behavior in Texas. I know this because we learned about it in an ethics class in grad school on, you know, what not to do.

Dr. Phil had a dual relationship with a patient, a big fuckin’ no-no, including giving her a job in his office. He was sanctioned by the Texas professional licensing board in 1988 for this and his case was closed in 1990. That same year he co-founded Courtroom Sciences, Inc., and advised lawyers about shit like jury selection and prepping witnesses for trial. So he basically stopped being a treating clinician in 1989/1990, likely because of his sanctions. I’d guess his reputation was ruined and referrals got real slow.

Oprah met him through the Texas beef lawsuit and the rest is history. While he maintained his license until 2006, he was essentially done as a practicing clinician after he was sanctioned.

Strangely, his Wikipedia page has been scrubbed of this information.

Sanction documents here:

https://www.scribd.com/document/318570481/Dr-Phil-s-Texas-Disciplinary-File-Full-version-produced-to-LawNewz

TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

Ooooo PeerJ tokens!

[Email I received today]

Dear Dr. ...,

I am a staff editor at PeerJ and I believe you are well-matched to review this article. I would be obliged if you could peer-review it.

...

Your insights would be invaluable to this research and as a gesture of our appreciation you will receive PeerJ Tokens, which you can use for discounts on future open-access publishing.

TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

Academic publishing has reached a token economy level.

My fucking god, it's been a DAY today.

TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

Ooooo PeerJ tokens!

[Email I received today]

Dear Dr. ...,

I am a staff editor at PeerJ and I believe you are well-matched to review this article. I would be obliged if you could peer-review it.

...

Your insights would be invaluable to this research and as a gesture of our appreciation you will receive PeerJ Tokens, which you can use for discounts on future open-access publishing.

TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

It’s pretty telling when a person would rather deal with the quality of life impacts of a chronic illness than the quality of life impacts of having to use a specialty pharmacy.

TayFoNay, Sigh-D
@tayfonay@beige.party

The utter incompetence is by design